Cruelty or lack of funds for medical care? - mom falls, they let her lie there until she died

[Liberal_in_LA]

or are they just lunatics?

Police: Twins lived with dead mother for 3 months

The home was in "deplorable condition and smelled terribly," and the elderly Berndt was lying face down on the floor of the foyer, according to the documents. Sybil Berndt was dressed in a nightgown pulled up under her arms and was not wearing underwear. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition and insects were crawling around it, the documents said.

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Police searched the home and found bank statements from JP Morgan Chase totaling about $700,000, according to court documents.

The twins later told police they lived with their mother and cared for her. On Jan. 10, Edwin Berndt said he and his brother were watching the BCS Championship football game when their mother "came in ranting and raving and she then fell down and did not get up." He said they decided to leave her on the floor because they didn't have money to provide her with medical treatment.

For the first day, Sybil Berndt was conscious and able to speak, but did not ask for any help, Edwin Berndt said. His brother said they didn't give her any food or water while she lay on the floor.

Three days later, on Jan. 13, the elderly woman died, Edwin Berndt told police. He told them he remembered the date because it was a day after her 89th birthday.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/04/12/state/n095316D68.DTL#ixzz1JLgHWRC7

[arcane1]

1. Since mom apparently had 700 grand in the bank

I'd go with cruel lunatics.

[malaise]

2. + 1,000

And they look the part

[cutlassmama]

3. not a defense. The fire department will come pick up someone for free

EMS charges, but the fire depeartment doesn't.

[JuniperLea]

4. I'm not going to judge them...

We really don't have enough information. They could be mentally ill, or retarded, and if that were the case, I'd feel nothing but sorry for them.